To ensure that the child enjoys the full range of rights and to ensure effective observance of the principle of equality of children, the Family Code (art. 167) provides for full adoption, which is defined as "adoption whereby the adoptive child, to all intents and purposes, becomes part of the adoptive family as a child of the adoptive parents, and is completely detached from his or her biological family, vis-à-vis which the child has no further rights or obligations".
167) establece la adopción plena, la cual define como "aquella por la cual el adoptado, para todo efecto, pasa a formar parte de la familia de los adoptantes, como hijo de éstos y se desvincula en forma total de su familia biológica, respecto de la cual ya no le corresponden derechos ni deberes".